A young girl from Ethiopia named Kwami encounters a foreign girl named Isabella who shows her there's more to life than endless farming. Thrilled by her new discovery, Kwami decides to immigrate to America, leaving her parents and her village behind in hopes of finding a new life. However, after realizing that there's a world where anyone can do anything, be anything, and be anyone, Kwami decides to make a change to the "old rules" of her village. But will she able to make them listen to her pleas? Or will she be forever known as the young traitor who left her family, friends, and people, behind?